Ruben Visser Wins 2014 Master Classics of Poker Main Event for €225,000

After a long, grueling day, and with the casino on the brink of close, Ruben Visser beat 2011 Master Classics of Poker Main Event winner David Boyaciyan to stop the latter from becoming the primary two-time champion within the event's history.

With just 35 minutes left before the casino can be forced to near for the night and the rest players left to go back for an extra fifth day of action, Visser sealed the deal after simply to hands of heads-up play. On the time, both players were virtually even in chips with 55 big blinds, however it was over within the blink of an eye fixed. Visser won a large four-bet pot at the first hand before finishing off his compatriot at the next hand.

Visser and Boyaciyan had done a deal during three-handed play with third-place finisher Andrew Chen. That deal allowed Visser to take home €200,000, Chen €190,000, and Boyaciyan €178,000, with €25,000 left for the winner. Even after this deal was done, there has been no playing soft, as all three were still eager to land the title — particularly Boyaciyan who had the risk to make history. It was to not be, though, and Visser claimed victory.

Final Table Results

PlaceNamePrize

1	Ruben Visser	€225,000*
2	David Boyaciyan	€178,000*
3	Andrew Chen	€190,000*
4	Clyde Tjauw Foe	€83,786
5	Jussi Nevanlinna	€71,985
6	Robbie Hendriks	€59,004
7	Ole Schemion	€47,203
8	Steven van Zadelhoff	€35,403
9	Hzarem Aaquich	€23,602
10	David Yan	€18,882

*Denotes a three-way deal

The day start out with a bang as defending champion Noah Boeken was eliminated within the first actual hand. The Dutchman pushed with the , but found fellow former MCOP winner Ole Schemion with the . The board ran out to position the tournament at the bubble of the general table.

Stuart Rutter was eliminated on that bubble, pushing with the and finding Jussi Nevanlinna prepared to provide him a spin with the . Neither player hit the flop or the turn, however the river sent Rutter back on a plane home to London while everyone else arrange for the overall table.

David Yan was the primary player knocked out of the overall table when he pushed with the into Boyaciyan's . Yan managed to spike a queen at the flop, but couldn't improve to any extent further than that. Visser then knocked out Hzarem Aanquich in ninth place when he held a premium hand within the . Aanquich was doing better with the , but an ace at the flop sealed the deal.

Steven van Zadelhoff was the third player out from the overall table, after he had gotten short and was searching for a place to shove. Unfortunately for the person with the remarkable beard, he shoved the right into Boyaciyan's . One brick-filled board later meant another Dutch player was eliminated.

Play then continued seven-handed for some time before Visser shoved on a short-stacked Schemion. The German called off with the , but Visser's was live and hit the board better. Schemion, the previous MCOP champion back in 2012, added one more final tcapable of his growing list of achievements, but he wasn't able to notch another win.

Short-stacked survivor and recreational player Robbie Hendriks laddered as much as sixth place before pushing with with the into Chen's , after which it was Nevanlinna who was an unlucky in fifth place when his lost to Clyde Tjauw Foe's after a 10 hit the flop.

The four remaining players continued for approximately two and a half hours without a one gaining an excessive amount of of a bonus until Visser won a crucial, huge flip against Tjauw Foe. Tjauw Foe was crippled with lower than two big blinds and eliminated at the very next hand.

After that, the deal was struck between the remainder three players, but Chen suffered a large cooler and was knocked out in third. Heads-up play started off almost even, nevertheless it was far and wide just two hands later with Visser becoming the 2014 Master Classics of Poker champion.

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